Describe a natural place you enjoy going to.
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Part 1
The examiner asks about you and two familiar topics. About 4–5 minutes.
Your home
- Do you live in a house or an apartment? (Why?)
- Which room do you spend the most time in? (Why?)
- What would you like to change about your home? (Why?)
- Do you think you will live there for a long time? (Why not?)
Rubbish and recycling
- Do you recycle at home? (Why is that?)
- Is recycling common where you live? (Why is that?)
- What do people do with their rubbish in your area? (Tell me more about that.)
- Did you learn about recycling at school? (Why is that?)
Losing and finding things
- Do you often lose things? (Why is that?)
- What kind of things do you lose most often? (Tell me more about that.)
- Can you remember a time when you lost something important? (Why is that?)
- Do you think most people would return something valuable they found? (Why is that?)
Part 2
One minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.
Describe a natural place you enjoy going to.
You should say:
- where it is
- how you get there
- what you do there
and explain why you enjoy going there.
Follow-up question after your talk: Who do you usually go there with? / How do you get there?
Part 3
A broader, more abstract discussion of the Part 2 topic. About 4–5 minutes.
people and nature
- Can you explain why people feel better after spending time outdoors?
- In general, which natural places attract the most visitors?
- How would you contrast the way children spend time outdoors today with the way they spent it fifty years ago?
protecting natural places
- Can you explain how visitors damage the places they come to enjoy?
- What could be done about popular natural areas damaged by visitors?
- Can you speculate on how people will be able to visit wild places in the future without harming them?
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